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Posted: February 15, 2006
RE-THINKING RRSPs by Richard Shillington
Moderate earners without pensions lose public retirement benefits if they have RRSPs.
BEING PUSHY by Linda McQuaig
Is our mission about preserving our way of life, or helping US extend its supremacy?
GE CROPS NOT CATCHING ON by Stephen Leahy
Biotech "revolution" may be losing steam.
A TURDUCKEN OF A CABINET by Charles Gordon
Loyalty is becoming as scarce as an honest fowl.
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 Editorial
STEPHEN HARPER HAS NO MANDATE TO DESTROY CHILD CARE IN CANADA by Ish Theilheimer
Canada may need another election sooner rather than later.
Rez Solutions?
FIRESIDE CHATS by Stewart Steinhauer
Sweatlodge discussions about realities and wannabes.
 Colour lines
NEW ORLEANS RECONSIDERED by Manning Marable
Is race or class the primary factor?
Gaia beat
WORLD TREATY ON CHEMICALS from UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme
More than 100 environmental and health ministers agree to new document.
Health matters
ONE ELECTION PROMISE HARPER SHOULD DROP by Gordon Guyatt
Wait times guarantees are unworkable, hazardous to Medicare.
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 Canadian Politics
HARPER'S DUTY IS CLEAR by Aaron Freeman
Cutting waste should begin with business handouts.
LET'S RESTORE HONOUR by Bill Tieleman
MPs who switch parties should resign and run again in a by-election.
HARPER SELF-IMMOLATES by Greg Felton
Canada's new PM has managed to destroy his own credibility before his first throne speech.
SO MUCH FOR CHANGE... by Michael Cowley-Owen
The Neo-Cons, despite their promises, carry on as usual.
 PARSING HARPER'S CABINET Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 03
Central Canada boasts more ministers, while Western Canada dominates committees.
HARPER'S HARRIS RETREADS by Ivar Heissler
Now all Canada can try the "Common Sense Revolution" that brought Ontario to its knees.
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Communities, rights and change
TAG SHAKES UP BELLVILLE by Reuel S Amdur
Tenant Action Group fights poverty with direct action.
 Workplaces
BEWARE CONSERVATIVES BEARING GIFTS by Mike Martin
Although the new government acts friendly, its real agenda has to involve public service cutbacks.
Media files
POLITICIANS DISCOVER WIKIPEDIA by Chanchal Bhattacharya
Organizers lock up entries to George Bush and Stephen Harper due to vandalism.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
One way to add colour to February is to learn about Canada's history at community events in your local area. For example, Black Ottawa 411 lists Black History Month events for almost every single day in February. One event celebrates both Simcoe Day and the 1851 founding of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada — an interesting mix. You'll find links to local websites and events all across Canada at the Canadian Heritage website:
www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/.../ncr_e.cfm
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Hot headlines
GOOGLE DESKTOP NOT PRIVATE from BBC News, International edition
Search engine admits it stores, sells data when users search their own computers.
AFRICAN WOMEN TEST ANTI-HIV GEL by Anna Koblanck, WeNews correspondent
Vaginal microbicide offers protection when men refuse to use condoms.
SCOOTER LIBBY'S TESTIMONY from TedKennedy.com
Plamegate may be traced back to Vice President Cheney.
THE END OF THE INTERNET? by Jeff Chester, for the Nation
Communications giants plotting to control what surfers can see.
HARPER'S FRANCOPHONIE SECRETARY CAN'T SPEAK FRENCH from CBC.ca
Francophone Canadians up in arms about Albertan Ted Menzies' appointment.
NDP WANTS INQUIRY INTO EMERSON'S FLOOR-CROSSING from CTV.ca News Staff
MP Peter Julian asks if a Cabinet seat is an "inducement" contrary to the Conflict of Interest Code.
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Feedback from our readers
ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH IGNATIEFF from Lee Zaslofsky, in Toronto ON
As well as "Empire Lite", The Nation says that he also advocates for "Torture Lite".
Humour
WIVES AND HUSBANDS (PART II) from the Internet
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